Tag archive for New Mexico - page 2

Today was a less artful day, but just as fun, nonetheless. I awoke to the sounds of my hotel neighbor, Gov Bill Richardson, leaving for his breakfast conference on New Mexico Tourism…yes, he stays at the Holiday Inn Express when in Roswell. There was talk…

Excerpted from Santa Fe New Mexican Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican 3/16/2008 – 3/17/ 08 The term “outsider art” does not begin to describe what’s on display at Tiny Town. Even so, the roadside attraction just north of Madrid just isn’t what it used to…

Gordon McMath | unknown | Mountainair, NM Found object metal sculptures | Creation dates unknown Sometimes you find things while getting lost. Around the corner from Pop Shaffer’s Hotel, there is a house with great found object sculptures. No one was home.

Michael Austin Wright | unknown | Madrid, NM Metal sculptures | Creation dates unknown Along the “Turquoise Trail,” (Highway 14) in between Albuquerque and Madrid, there is a home with incredible welded sculptures. Cowboys, horses, and more… Alas, no one was home, but the view…

Phyllis Evans | dates unknown | Albuquerque, NM Embellished environment | Created 1994 Along Historic Route 66 and all of the great old neon motel signs, there is one particular motel that caught my attention…the Aztec Motel. Not only is the signage eye-popping, but…